Since I came back from a lazy weekend in the mountains not wanting to expend any more excess energy than is absolutely necessary, I am inaugurating a new feature — The best of the Monday morning blogs:
• I absolutely love Bill Cunningham’s fashion photo essays in the New York Times. If you haven’t been introduced, oh, PLEASE, allow me! His latest one explores the burning and eternal question of “Can I wear white after Labor Day (and if not, WHY NOT)?”
• If it isn’t too early in the day to stomach a little Camille Paglia (Have you had your coffee/Diet Coke yet?), she has an interesting take on Madonna’s 50th birthday. (Just ignore her initial ranting about Obama.) Via Jezebel.
• For those of you who don’t know Maud Newton, I’m sorry for you. In addition to her wise, witty and comprehensive coverage of the literary scene, she’s a weekend genealogist, and her family history is both poignant and hilarious. As someone who has felt the eternal tug-of-war of religion in a family, I find her tales of her Southern Pentecostal upbringing absolutely spot-on. And now she finds a family link to the Salem Witch Trials! (Maud, some of us just can’t escape religion.) If you have time, track back on the links she provides.
• I was surprised and curious to see a NYTimes article on a subject that I blogged about days ago, including a prominent reference to my own best evidence, Bruce Jenner. Hmmmm.
• In that light, be sure to put a bookmark on Jan’s latest offering at MidLifeBloggers, wherein she demystifies the whole Internet copyright maze. Thanks, Jan!
August 18, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Oh oh oh–I didn’t know about Bill Cunningham’s fashion photo essays, and now I’ve watched the last three and I’m in love! Makes me homesick for NYC, too.
And thanks for the mention for MLB
August 18, 2008 at 1:38 pm
You’re very welcome, Jane dear.
msmeta (who will be wearing black and white to the office tomorrow)
August 19, 2008 at 7:58 am
This is an excellent idea! Thanks for doing all the hard work and trawling for us.
August 20, 2008 at 1:07 pm
I had to take the long road to get to your blog but it’s always worth it. I can’t read your blog unless I go through BlogCatalog. Not for lack of trying and it’s only your blog I can’t get to. What’s up with that? Do I have a defective MsMeta gene in my pc? Well anyway, glad I FINALLY got here.
August 20, 2008 at 1:17 pm
That’s weird. I recently altered the name of the blog, but adventuresatmidlife.com and metafootnotes.com should still both work to get to my site. But I’m using a Mac…
(And I would love to get a butterfly tattoo on my ample butt, thank you, but I’ll probably try a new piercing first.)